- In the Prologue, the Chorus gives a comprehensive overview of the entire story, including the long-standing feud between the Montagues and Capulets and its tragic consequences:
"Two households, both alike in dignity, / In fair Verona, where we lay our scene, / From ancient grudge break to new mutiny, / Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean. / From forth the fatal loins of these two foes / A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life."
By providing this comprehensive knowledge of the play's events and outcomes, the Chorus demonstrates omniscience, as they possess a complete and transcendent understanding of the story.
- Throughout the play, the Chorus also intervenes between scenes to offer insights into the characters' motivations, thoughts, and emotions:
"Now old desire doth in his deathbed lie, / And young affection gapes to be his heir; / That fair, for which love groan'd for, and would die, / With tender Juliet match'd, is now not fair."
Here, the Chorus gives the audience crucial information about the shifting romantic dynamics and the characters' inner conflicts, enhancing the play's depth and complexity.
- In the final act, the Chorus returns to deliver the tragic conclusion of the play and reflects on the broader moral lessons to be learned:
"For never was a story of more woe / Than this of Juliet and her Romeo."
By sharing these observations and moral reflections, the Chorus once again demonstrates an omniscient perspective that allows them to understand and comment on the play's themes and meanings.
These instances illustrate how the Chorus in Romeo and Juliet acts as an omniscient narrator, providing the audience with knowledge, insights, and commentaries that transcend the characters' limited perspectives and contribute to the play's overall understanding.